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9/11X-1A Flight Test, 1954
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- Publication date
- 1954
- Usage
- Public Domain Mark 1.0
- Topics
- Cold War, B-29 Bomber, T-33 (Training plane), Edwards Air Force Base, California, Bell X-1 (Rocket planes), Sabre (Jet fighter planes), Yeager, Chuck, 1923-
- Language
- English
- Item Size
- 200.5M
Listed at the National Archives as "X-1A FLIGHT TEXT, 1954"
National Archives description: "Summary: 1) LPS B-29 taking off from R to L. 2) ALS B-29, F-86 and T-33 chase plane in flight from L to R.
3) AMUS B-29 in flight from L to R -- the X-1A is suspended from the fuselage of the B-29.
4) ALS X-1A dropping away from B-29.
5) LPS X-1A landing from L to R.
6) MS nose and cockpit of X-1A -- Maj. Charles Yeager is climbing out of X-1A after landing.
7) MLPS X-1A landing from L to R.
8) CU Lawrence Bell, president of the Bell Aircraft Corporation, and Maj. Yeager, standing at nose of X-1A -- Mr. Bell is congratulating Maj. Yeager.
9) MS B-29 is lifted into the air on large hydraulic jacks. Bell X-1A, underneath aircraft, is loaded onto the B-29.
10) ALS & AMS of Bell X-1A flying from L to R.
11) AMS B-29 flying from L to R with Bell X-1A hanging from bottom of fuselage.
12) AMS Bell X-1A in flight from L to R -- mountains in bg.
13) ALS to AMS B-29 and X-1A in flight from L to R.
14) ACU X-1A hanging to fuselage of B-29 in flight.
15) MS cletrack towing B-29 with X-1A attached.
16) CU insignia on X-1A reads: X-1A, in large red letters.
17) MS technicians loading liquid oxygen into X-1A.
18) MS tug towing X-1A from L to R. Good (Basic: Mas Koda)
National Archives Identifier: 66447
National Archives description: "Summary: 1) LPS B-29 taking off from R to L. 2) ALS B-29, F-86 and T-33 chase plane in flight from L to R.
3) AMUS B-29 in flight from L to R -- the X-1A is suspended from the fuselage of the B-29.
4) ALS X-1A dropping away from B-29.
5) LPS X-1A landing from L to R.
6) MS nose and cockpit of X-1A -- Maj. Charles Yeager is climbing out of X-1A after landing.
7) MLPS X-1A landing from L to R.
8) CU Lawrence Bell, president of the Bell Aircraft Corporation, and Maj. Yeager, standing at nose of X-1A -- Mr. Bell is congratulating Maj. Yeager.
9) MS B-29 is lifted into the air on large hydraulic jacks. Bell X-1A, underneath aircraft, is loaded onto the B-29.
10) ALS & AMS of Bell X-1A flying from L to R.
11) AMS B-29 flying from L to R with Bell X-1A hanging from bottom of fuselage.
12) AMS Bell X-1A in flight from L to R -- mountains in bg.
13) ALS to AMS B-29 and X-1A in flight from L to R.
14) ACU X-1A hanging to fuselage of B-29 in flight.
15) MS cletrack towing B-29 with X-1A attached.
16) CU insignia on X-1A reads: X-1A, in large red letters.
17) MS technicians loading liquid oxygen into X-1A.
18) MS tug towing X-1A from L to R. Good (Basic: Mas Koda)
National Archives Identifier: 66447
